Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi

Mukenge/SchellhammerMbok'elengi
Presented within the framework of the Yango Biennale in Kinshasa. Mukenge/Schellhammer feat. the performers Pigeon de la Terre and Beauté Sauvage, Kinshasa, 2022.
13.07. - 14.08.2022
Yango Biennale

Mukenge/Schellhammer consists of Christ Mukenge (*1988 in Kinshasa, Kongo) and Lydia Schellhammer (*1992 in Konstanz, Germany). The duo lives and works between Kinshasa and Brandenburg.

Christ Mukenge and Lydia Schellhammer explore how geography and infrastructures influence formats of production as well as longevity and conservation of art.

Their projects combine these contrasting approaches to challenge universalisms about formats of production of painting.
In Kinshasa, we experience painting as a temporary medium. Materials such as fabric and paint decay after a short time due to the tropical climate and there are not many museums, workshops, or cultural centers that can store artworks.

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Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi
Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi
Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi
Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi
Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi
Galerie Barbara Thumm \ Mukenge/Schellhammer – Mbok’elengi